Casina

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Casina is a comedic play by the ancient Roman playwright Plautus, known for its farcical plot involving marital schemes and mistaken identities.

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Casina canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman comedy ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
author Plautus ⓘ
basedOn lost Greek New Comedy play ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
dramaticStructure five-act structure (traditional division) ⓘ
featuresCharacter Casina ⓘ
Chalinus ⓘ
Cleostrata ⓘ
Lysidamus ⓘ
Olympio ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
farce ⓘ
hasCharacterType clever slave ⓘ
desired maiden ⓘ
senex amator (aging lover) ⓘ
young wife ⓘ
hasForm prose passages ⓘ
verse ⓘ
hasHumorType physical comedy ⓘ
situational comedy ⓘ
verbal wit ⓘ
influenced later European comic drama ⓘ
literaryMovement Roman New Comedy ⓘ
linked to: Roman comedy
literaryPeriod Roman Republic ⓘ
medium theatre ⓘ
notableFor comic misunderstandings ⓘ
strong female agency in Cleostrata ⓘ
use of stock characters ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
partOf Plautine corpus ⓘ
linked to: Plautus
performanceType spoken drama ⓘ
plotCharacteristic disguises ⓘ
marital schemes ⓘ
servant trickery ⓘ
preservationStatus extant ⓘ
setting Athens ⓘ
theme deception ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
marital infidelity ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
timeOfComposition 3rd–2nd century BCE (approximate) ⓘ
tradition Palliata ⓘ
workTitleInLatin Casina ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plautus → notableWork → Casina ⓘ
Casina → featuresCharacter → Casina ⓘ
Casina → workTitleInLatin → Casina ⓘ